Hands Free Massage

Duration

2 DAYS

Dates

06/07/19 & 07/07/19

05/10/19 & 06/10/19

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6th Jul 2019

5th Oct 2019

Are you having problems with your hands - or want to avoid reaching this stage!

This course taught by Darien Pritchard is designed to help massage practitioners to save their fingers, thumbs and wrists (the most common areas of strain for practitioners) while applying firm pressure - You will learn new effective skills that can be integrated into your massage sessions.

Don't wait for the first signs of injury or strain - act now - Give your hands a holiday and save your career!

Prerequisite: To attend you must have a minimum nationally recognised level 3 body massage qualification such as Swedish Massage, Sports, Aromatherapy - also open to ostepaths, chiropractors etc

10 CPD Points

This Hands Free Massage workshop focuses on ‘soft forearm’ techniques (using the bellies of the flexor muscles) which that can easily be incorporated into familiar massage routines. You’ll learn firm, sweeping strokes and more specific work for the back, the arms and the legs.

Unfortunately, because the forearms are such powerful massage tools, it’s too easy to brutalise clients by using them without skill or sensitivity. Therefore, this course focuses on HOW you use them. It covers:

Learning how to feel with the forearm - in order to monitor and adapt to the client’s responses

How to moderate the pressure applied

How to blend these techniques smoothly into massage sessions

How to support this with good body-use rather than working too hard with your arms and shoulders

The weekend includes a short introduction to the other main Hands Free Massage tools - the ulna (the ‘hard forearm’) and elbow tools - which are used to save the thumbs and fist in specific pressure techniques.

Darien Pritchard has been using his forearms and elbows for 25 years (without which he would have been unable to sustain his career). He was particularly inspired by receiving deep tissue and Hawaiian massage treatments, and adapted these massage ‘tools’ to deliver ‘Swedish Massage-style’ and deep tissue massage techniques. He began calling it Hands-Free Massage when he started teaching it as a separate course 16 years ago.

In addition to the course booklet all students will receive a DVD covering the techniques taught by Darien

If you'd like to pay your course fee by instalments give us a call on 029 20 591118 for a chat - or email us using our contact page

How to Pay Your Deposit - click the drop down arrow next to the Pay Now button to select this option - Please note your deposit reserves your place and is non-refundable - the remaining course fee is payable one month before the course date. If you'd prefer to pay over the phone call us during office hours on 029 20 591118

Testimonials

"This course has been the most valuable of all for my career. Being able to save my hands is going to enable me to prolong my passion as a therapist. My favourite part was the ability to save my hands on the feet - my thumbs will be eternally grateful!" Caitlin S 2018

"I found this course engaging, thought-provoking & practice-changing! Darien is an excellent teacher - funny, practical, attentive& has a beautiful concept of what massage is & what it has the potential to be. This practice is natural & fluid - Thank you!" KMcD March 2015

"Found Dariens approach very helpful, constant feedback, pointers, repetition and recapping - loved the course even with my limited experience. I have learned a lot and will change my practice - I didn't feel out of place and Dariens approach encouraged me greatly - thank you" LR March 2015

"Excellent course, Reached & Exceeded my expectations. Good hands-on and well explained. Plenty to work on" CW March 2015

"As an Osteopath the course offered very beneficial techniques when treating soft tissue - I would recommend this course to any other osteopath"